Another vote for Epic (or any publisher store, like whatever EA's and Ubisoft's are called) exclusivity here. If it eventually comes to Steam I'll still buy it, but if it's truly exclusive then it may as well not exist as far as I'm concerned.

It's why I stopped caring about franchises like Alan Wake. Indie games that go there for 1-3 years I'll never buy. The longer and more deals a dev and publisher makes with Epic, the more inclined I am to just avoid them for the rest of my life and give money to someone else who will give me the time of day (This has already led to me ignoring SE, Gearbox, Ubi, etc).

lets see....

I used to be really against GAAS games... but POE1/2 are some of my favorite games (ontop of enjoying like FF11,FF14, ect)
(for along while now... so I guess I can't complain too much, but GGG's are more like the exception to the rule.)

What really grinds my gears:

Roguelike  (hate this crap...)
Horror (I used to enjoy as a kid, with a group of other kids... but it just does nothing for me now)
Online required for single player.
Political/social agendas.
F2P gacha (loot box heavy games)
Multiple account systems needed (ei. more than say just steam, if on pc).
Denuvo.
Someone before mentioned difficulty.. and honestly yes. I don't want to play games I have to fail a million times to succeed in  (dark souls).

Give me a chill relaxing and story rich world, with fantastic music, exploration and a sense of wonder (about the game)...
that also happens to be a RPG instead :)

I am hoping switch 2 solves this problem and the minim size medium they offer to devs is 128gb. Surely its cheap enough these days lol.

I have seen 3D nand drives that are 128gb cost like 10USD, so at wholesale surely Nintendo can get them for $5USD, if devs are to tight arse to pay $5 for a cart FMD.

No English dub. I couldn't care less about Japanese voice acting, give me the language I understand please.  Especially if it's a particularly long game that has a lot of spoken dialogue.

Also I won't play a game if the main character doesn't look interesting enough. Like those indie platformers where you play as a little circle or stick figure or something like that. BORING.

I mostly skip games based on the genre. FPS games, open world games and any sports games that is not golf or tennis will be skipped. I often get uninterested in games that have a visual style that is anime-like or what I think of as too Japanese looking. High pithed kid-like voices on adult woman in games is another example I just cannot stand.
Some games will on the other hand be interesting to me because of the style they are presented in. Obra Djinn, Hotel Dusk, Cuphead , Limbo and Madworld are all examples of games that I played or want to play based on the art style.

I will play multiplayer only games but I generally will not buy them. Might buy a few costumes or something if I like the game to support it.
Mostly skips out on licensed games based on movies or comics. At least newer ones, retro licensed games are often alright.

I'm probably kind of petty when it comes to games. Will skip out on games for a lot of small unsignificant reasons. Displaying explosions or sounds with speak bubbles - skip. Slow walking speeds - skip. Being able to farm experience Fire Emblem -skip. Music reminding me of the music in Pikmin - skip. Explaining to much - skip. explaining to little -skip. Low frame rate -skip.
Many of the cases above is games I will try, but not continue playing.